Day: June 9, 2020

Sensex tanks 414 pts; financial stocks tumble

7:18 pm June 9, 2020

Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex plunged 414 points on Tuesday, dragged by heavy losses in heavyweights HDFC Bank, RIL and ICICI Bank as investors fretted over the rising number of COVID cases in the country. After opening on a positive note, the 30-share index reversed all early gains to settle 413.89 points, or 1.20 per cent, lower […]

Two firefighters die in gas well blowout blaze in Assam

Massive fire at Assam’s Baghjan oil well

7:15 pm June 9, 2020

Guwahati: A massive fire engulfed the damaged Baghjan oil well on Tuesday which has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 14 days in Assam’s Tinsukia district, official sources said. The blaze at the Oil India Ltd’s oil well is so massive that it can be seen from a distance of more than two kilometres, […]

Assam: Elephant dies after getting stuck in wetland

Woman killed in elephant attack in Chhattisgarh

3:20 pm June 9, 2020

Korba: A 35-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, a forest department official said on Tuesday. The incident took place around Monday midnight in Tihaipara Lamna village under Kendai forest range. The victim, Aarti Bai, and her husband, natives of Pali town in the district, had come to […]

Ram temple funds:Sena seems to have given up Hindutva,says BJP

Ensure lockdown easing does not boomerang: Sena

3:15 pm June 9, 2020

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said care should be taken to ensure that the easing of lockdown does not boomerang and emphasised the need to maintain self-discipline. An editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said lockdown restrictions have been eased when COVID-19 cases are not showing any sign of going down. “After unlock, the […]

Minor girl killed in leopard attack in UP

3:09 pm June 9, 2020

Bahraich (UP): An eight-year-old girl was killed after a leopard a attacked her in Dhobiyanpur village, officials said on Tuesday. The incident took place near the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday night when the girl was outside her house and the leopard attacked her, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) G P Singh said. The leopard, who […]